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The valve openings in the head are shown here. The inside surface of each valve has been polished some ...

reused, so they were examined to make sure they were straight and without any twist to their sha ...

Each rod is placed in an instrument to check for bends or twists in the rod. Any uneven gaps between the r ...

each rod and rod cap in each cylinder so they could be returned to their respective cylinders. Next, an ...

Once the rod end and rod cap are ground square, they are reassembled and placed in a honing machine. This mach ...

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Troy Herman spins the valve in the opening to match the surfaces to one another. Sometimes, the cylinder heads ...

Valve grinding compound is placed on the valve opening and the valve’s face and then spun until the surf ...

The crank bearing’s oil passage opening has been lined up with the oil passage opening in the crankshaft saddle. ...

different measurement, then the crank was turned to the wrong size or the bearing is incorrect. (Note: ...

engine’s crankshaft was within the factory tolerances, but if they are not, the crankshaft thrust surfaces would ...

recommended to have machine shop complete this step. The final step to preparing the pistons and rods fo ...

slid into the cylinder. The sleeves prevent the ends of the rods from scoring the crankshaft. To install the rin ...

Dots on the camshaft and crankshaft sprockets must be at the position in which they are closest to one ...

position. With the timing chain in proper position, the timing chain cover could be installed with ...

Next, the already-assembled heads and head gaskets can be installed. Herman made sure the surfaces of ...

removed while the engine was in the car to access the gears of the oil pump. Also, all of the components ...

is believed to help break in the new cam and lifters. All the while, the area around the engine was examined ...

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